..I am looking into possibly buying a brake bleeder soon for my teg, just to make the process go a bit quicker, and potentially easier and more effective. I would just like to know what kind of bleeder(if any) YOU have or have experienced, and how effective it was. If you could also state about how much it costs or where to find out more info about it(website) then that would be a great help.

And yes, I did a search, and I know there was a resent post similar to this one, but I want to get a better idea of exactly how many people have one of these products and how successful it is and whether or not it is worth it. Thanks.

 

I love my speedbleeders, but you do have to be careful to make sure they are closed tight enough not to leak.

~$10 each + $7 for the bleeder bag (comes in real handy!). I think it's just speedbleeders.com. I've had them for 2 years. It's nice not to need help bleeding the brakes!

 

Speed bleeders on all 4 corners.. 2 people = 5 minute job to bleed the brakes. 1 person takes a bit longer, but not much.

Just dont tighten them down to much, or they will leak.

Craig - Who's had speedbleeders on his cars for 4 years and not 1 as leaked

 

I got one of those hand vacuum pumps, and it sucks. I use the canister and valve that came with it, and still employ a two-man bleeding operation.

 

The Motive unit is OK I guess.....I dont like the universal adapter that it comes with for the master cylinder brake fluid resevoir.....if you dont have it set on and tightened down just perfect it will leak pretty bad.....otherwise an Ok unit.

 

For Motive improvement...

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=207203

to David, aka "Floyd"

 

I have set of speed bleeders as well. They work great. I bled my brakes in about 5 minutes by myself. Great product.. But dont overtighten!!

 

I'm also very satisfied with the speed bleeders. Bleeding is now a one man 10 min job. Dont overtighten, but must be tigh enough also (Ask how come I know )

 

I've been using a vacuum bleeder from actron- works like a champ
http://www.actron.com/cgi-bin/web_st...age=cp7840.htm
http://www.actron.com/cgi-bin/web_st...=8274536_13571

BTW more info in this thread

-jeff

 

Vacula owns my brakes.

 

Thanks for all the replies. Right now I am torn between the Motive Pump and the Speedbleeders. I would just be concerned about overtorqing them and possible breaking one of them, or that it might leak if not closed off enough each time. I hear that they do work well, but only that they are real finicky, they cant be torqued too much but have to be torqued enough. And I hear that the Motive products Pump bleeder works well too, but it really needs to have the 'master cyl cap' part of it slightly modified with a do-it-yourself home-depot backing plate to secure it better to be sure that it wont leak/spray braked fluid all over the engine bay while it is pumping(some other h-t member made a post on how to do this a little while ago, dont know the link right now, just search if interested). But this 'backing/securing kit' is relatively easy and cheap to make, and then it seems as if it might work perfectly every time, and you can also use it for more than one car, whereas the speedbleeders are really just for your individual car, so you couldn't ever use them to bleed another's car. Well, we'll see, a little more research and I will make a decision. Thanks for all the insight.

 

MightyVac

sackdz - the pump is designed to suck.